Friday, December 22, 2017
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Cammalleri 12
Analyze this:
the sun sings at five
Good morning candy cane
Good night cigarette
Fearful skeleton keys
Harmonica blues
Playing in the night
We are buried in piles of paper clips...
and jolly saxophone chocolate.
Vekeria Week #11
Q: Why did the tree think the dog was talking to him? A: He kept saying “bark”
-Anonymous
Cammalleri 11
Tape recording from a friday night
It starts in a penny arcade sometime between midnight and three.
He’s chasing fantastical aromas around a sun-decked concrete slab
She’s riding shotgun in a suicide machine on her way to work
At a crossroads she asks him how is day is.
Behold the song of the caterpillars.
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Center Week 12
I pity those people who always look right ahead and not at anything else; not enjoying the journey, too busy focused on the destination.
Monday, December 18, 2017
Musante Week 12
Change is what powers the universe. The differences between now and then is how we view normality.
Friday, December 15, 2017
Michael Tricca Week XIV
"No! It's supposed to hurt - that's how you know it meant something!"
Molly, Peter and the Starcatcher
Molly, Peter and the Starcatcher
Michael Tricca Week XIII
Narcissism simply doesn't make sense. It's fine for a person to love themselves within reason, but for a person to fall in love with themself? Now the only question is, is it a play topic or a movie topic?
Monday, December 11, 2017
Cammalleri week 9
If time is an illusion of human perception, why do we make it go by so fast? What if we were to walk slower, breathe slower, and live slower? Would life still be as wild?
Michael Tricca Week XII
I met my new baby cousin of a few months over Thanksgiving break, and I wondered what future she held in her tiny hands. For now, it was her mother's finger.
Musante Week 9
Simplicity can be a blessing and a curse, on one hand, there is a beauty that can be found in simplicity, but often there is not much going on.
Musante Week 11
Sometimes, we think our ideas are the greatest, only to meet pushback from our peers.
Friday, December 8, 2017
Center Week 11
A story where an evil dictator seeks to eliminate all nerds from the planet to purify the human race, and the nerds band together to stop him
Monday, December 4, 2017
McCabe Week 12
I'm actually really curious - how does 100 characters about what I could teach someone in 5 minutes help a college decide whether or not I deserve a scholarship?
McCabe Week 11
It's only when your car breaks down in Worcester that you realize your mistake in deciding not to bring a book.
Monday, November 27, 2017
Katz 12
I would love to watch some sort of debate between some of the most respected individuals from science, history, world language, math, and other fields, about what subject is the most important
Katz Week 11
I wonder how different parts of the world value happiness, and where the USA falls on the spectrum
Monday, November 20, 2017
Doolin Week 11
Why do we spell it "lay down" when we pronounce it "lie down"? And are they interchangeable?
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Waterhouse Week 10
Dad: "Can you be at dinner at 5"
Me: "Yes. So excited. How does the turkey smell?"
Dad: "I guess through it's beak?"
Me: "Yes. So excited. How does the turkey smell?"
Dad: "I guess through it's beak?"
Doolin Week 10
Why is it that when you combine two things that you love, it ends up as a total catastrophe?
Musante Week 10
A challenge made from one to another can be much more motivating than your parents saying you must do this, or be punished.
Monday, November 13, 2017
Katz Week 10
It's funny how posting on social media is supposed to entertain the viewers of the post when in reality the only person who really cares is the person who posted it.
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Center Week 10
teacher: “So what are you guys doing this weekend?”
students: “homework and sleeping”
teacher: “Haha, very funny, but what are you actually doing?”students’ inner monologue: “You think we’re joking?”
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Center Week 9
Glasses on a table means a person once inhabited that place, but is no longer there for some reason.
Michael Tricca Week IX
"Those nudist cruises? They're all old people."
-Word of warning from a sage basketball coach
-Word of warning from a sage basketball coach
Monday, November 6, 2017
KOTARY WEEK EIGHT
I was talking to my cat in front of a friend. The friend then proceeded to tell me how she liked that I called my cat "goober". I felt like the spouse caught revealing an embarrassing nickname for their significant other.
Wiser's Post From Nowhere
At parties my friends and I write our names on our cups so we don't get confused about who's who. A few weeks ago, during a party, someone says, "If you drink out of a cup that's not your own, do you turn in to that person?" And I said to her, "That's a great idea for a short story."
Center Week 8
A friend: “I’m terrible at starting conversations. I’ll say a statement and the other person will just say yes, and then it'll be over.”
Me: “yeah.”
Doolin Week 9
What if dogs get more anxious when they're older because they're afraid they might die before their owners get home?
Katz Week 8
I think everyone has thousands of soulmates, not just one. If you think about it, so many people claim to have found their soulmate, but the chances of that happening is like one in seven billion. Somethings gotta give!
Waterhouse Week 7
I just threw a shoe at Makena and yelled "Shoo!" Is that where that phrase came from?
Raj Vekeria Week #4
The answer to life is 42... 3 brothers 2 parents, 3 cars, 1 house, 1 birthday, 16 cousins, and 15 daily headaches.
Dilara Week 9
People who dislike small talk don't realize that small talk is the most important talk as without it, you'd never get to big talk.
Dilara Week 8
Why do girls have to use makeup to "look prettier" yet guys never use it and still look handsome?
Dilara Week 6
"Sucking at something is the first step to becoming sorta good at something"
- Jake the dog
- Jake the dog
Sunday, November 5, 2017
Cammalleri___ Week 9
Life Advice:
While driving on a bridge over a city, make sure never to listen to music on the standard 33- that's like cutting fine wine with grape juice. Instead, roll down your windows, find a 45 rpm version, and see how long you can drive without hands on the wheel.
Cammalleri___ week 8
Recorded on one of the most miserable dates I have ever been on:
"Oh so you like always adventure? That's literally the coolest thing, maybe next time we can make plans to do something on a whim, you know?" - Girl I met on the orange line.
"Oh so you like always adventure? That's literally the coolest thing, maybe next time we can make plans to do something on a whim, you know?" - Girl I met on the orange line.
Cammalleri_ 7
"We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun"
Yeah right. You can put all the flowers you want into the barrel of a cop's gun, but when the bullet flies out it will pierce our hippie skulls just the same. If my generation has taught me one thing, it's that one should never trust his own instincts nor his own means to an idealist end.
Playing ukuleles out in the park, singing, dancing, talking of love and peace-- where are we now? In the same place, singing the same songs, while; this time, the cannon is pointed at the backs of our heads.
Yeah right. You can put all the flowers you want into the barrel of a cop's gun, but when the bullet flies out it will pierce our hippie skulls just the same. If my generation has taught me one thing, it's that one should never trust his own instincts nor his own means to an idealist end.
Playing ukuleles out in the park, singing, dancing, talking of love and peace-- where are we now? In the same place, singing the same songs, while; this time, the cannon is pointed at the backs of our heads.
Cammalleri_ Week 6
Two kids shove each other in a fast food play pin - but at least they feel something real.
What am I doing? sitting around at 10:30 writing on a napkin indifferently. How funny it is that when we're young we feel so much but can't stand it, and when we get older we feel less and less, yearning for it.
What am I doing? sitting around at 10:30 writing on a napkin indifferently. How funny it is that when we're young we feel so much but can't stand it, and when we get older we feel less and less, yearning for it.
Cammalleri__ week5
There is no sadder word in the English language than "indifferent". Be it for better or for worse, lean into it. It matters not what "it" even is, just be a part of it, feel it, love it, hate it, suffer from it. Be the one whose ears are always walking, eyes always listening, and feet always searching and scanning for more.
Raj Week #7
I never call identical twins by their first names as i'm afraid I will make a mistake...
Saturday, November 4, 2017
McCabe Week 9
"... because we spent all our money on soft serve ice cream and blue shrimp"
- overheard in math class
- overheard in math class
Friday, November 3, 2017
KOTARY WEEK SEVEN
How often do people contemplate simply leaving (or ascending to a plane in which they can scream.)
Arnav Sharma Week VIII
Whenever I have a good thought, I'm like "Oooh I'll write that down later!" But I don't. =(
Musante Week 8
Alec Musante
The word “deadline” is kind of ugly. “Dead”, which is something none of us like to think about, and “line”, which is math. Yuck.
The word “deadline” is kind of ugly. “Dead”, which is something none of us like to think about, and “line”, which is math. Yuck.
Michael Tricca Week VIII
Some people are born genius, some people have genius thrust upon them, and some are just idiots.
Thursday, November 2, 2017
KOTARY WEEK SIX
I had a Halloween misadventure. The hair dye I thought was like hair spray, was in reality not hair dye at all. It was silly string.
I ended up taking a second shower.
I ended up taking a second shower.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
McCabe Week 8
What a relief it is when what you've worked so hard on for so long is finally accomplished.
Friday, October 27, 2017
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Arnold Week 7
You don't have to do good works to be considered a good person, but good people do good works
Arnold Week 6
My sister's French exchange student: "I've never gone to school in a onesie while holding a pumpkin"
Center Week 7
When I'm in darkness, I always think that things are closer than they really are. I wonder if that says something about my ambition.
Musante Week 7
Tests, quizzes, are they really a good way to test ability? And what would a quiz in creative writing be like? Get a writing prompt and see what you can do?
Monday, October 23, 2017
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Doolin week 6
Coffee shop in Cape Cod. Big chalkboard outside in front of the shop that has a different name written on it every day. If you have that name and have an ID to prove it, you get one free coffee that day. That's my newest and greatest creation.
Monday, October 16, 2017
Skotz Week 6
On Saturday, I played Muffin Roulette with a couple friends. We made six extremely dry corn muffins: one with ghost pepper, three with yellow habanero, and two plain. I ended up with one yellow habanero and one plain. However since I ate the last of the six muffins, which we knew was plain, I decided to spice it up. I let my friends grab three condiments and had one of them think of a number out of ten and for every time I guessed incorrectly, I added a condiment. It took me nine guesses. Chunky salsa, Red Hot, and onion powder were my punishments. To add to my impending doom I accidentally poured like half the bottle of onion powder on top of the muffin. Ya know that moment when you thought you had the pepper shaker but it turned out to be salt? That was me. To sum things up, I ate the most disgusting muffin in my life on Saturday and felt like death would've been a better option.
KOTARY WEEK FIVE
Maybe if I just begin screaming really loudly all of the chaos will calm down soon.
Arnav Sharma Week Six
"My grandmother used to say that sometimes, life chokes you—but it doesn't kill you."
—Rafael
—Rafael
Arnav Sharma Week Five
Confession time: All of my "inspiration" for my journal this week... yeah, it all came from memes.
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Waterhouse Week 5
"I'm going to stand outside. So if anyone asks, I'm outstanding." ~killer dad joke
Friday, October 13, 2017
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Dilara O'Connell Week 5
"My parents taught me to be kind and humble, honest and hardworking, and to save and unnecessary fuckton of plastic bags under the sink"
McCabe Week 5
"What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of how it's supposed to be."
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Skotz Week 4
I love hearing things pop and crack; your knuckles, bubble wrap, pop rocks, etc. But when its your foot making sounds like Rice Krispie treats, lets just say its a different story.
I literally took an L.
palmer week 3
I've been screaming internally for the past four hours. 5 min before class starts and I'm writing this. My coffee isn't that good and I have a headache but its a good hair day. Everything is fine
Caldwell WEEK 2
Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of vaselineWill perform on guillotine, what a scene, what a scene
KOTARY WEEK FOUR
You know what's always fun? When it's 11:30 at night and you just want to finish your AP essay, but all your brain is doing sitting there, saying:
Remember IT? IT was fun. Hope the basement door isn't open. Hope there isn't anyone out the window. Hope I can get at least a few hours of sleep before I'm eaten by a horrifying, hideous monster swelling up from the depths of a huge gaping well lying in wait in my basement. Hope all my pills aren't gazebos.
Doolin Week 3
Do you think insects know that they have about a week to live? Or do they expect a long life and are always just unexpectedly cut short?
Doolin Week 2
"Wednesday was the best day of my life. Everything came together. It was truly amazing. When I went to bed, I told myself; 'Tomorrow will be even better" -Coach Eang
McCabe Week 4
Woolly mammoths were still alive while Egyptians were building the pyramids.
Oxford University existed for hundreds of years before the Aztec Empire was founded.
Oxford University existed for hundreds of years before the Aztec Empire was founded.
Michael Tricca Week 4
"If you don't wear clothes, you can be owned by an animal who does"
-Neil Degrasse Tyson, quoting grandson of Walt Disney.
-Neil Degrasse Tyson, quoting grandson of Walt Disney.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Cammalleri Week 4
A recommendation:
There is no feeling on earth more blissful than the one you get standing in an alleyway behind a 24-hour dry cleaner at 2:30 AM on a cold night, letting the warm, lavender-scented air hit your face. You will feel crazy, but just crazy enough to think that it is actually every other soul in the world that is insane- you are the one who breathes the best air. Dry cleaning powers activate.
There is no feeling on earth more blissful than the one you get standing in an alleyway behind a 24-hour dry cleaner at 2:30 AM on a cold night, letting the warm, lavender-scented air hit your face. You will feel crazy, but just crazy enough to think that it is actually every other soul in the world that is insane- you are the one who breathes the best air. Dry cleaning powers activate.
Cammalleri Week 3
When two blind mice grab a coffee
both parties emerge triumphantly
And when one mouse has a broken leg
He shares his limb with a floating companion
In a clandestine burning ceremony
In confounding uncertainty
And at midnight when he rises
with the sleep still in his eyes
will he be awakened by phantoms
Will she still be surprised
When both mice are willing
to forget the gift of sight
Together, Alone
both parties emerge triumphantly
And when one mouse has a broken leg
He shares his limb with a floating companion
In a clandestine burning ceremony
In confounding uncertainty
And at midnight when he rises
with the sleep still in his eyes
will he be awakened by phantoms
Will she still be surprised
When both mice are willing
to forget the gift of sight
Together, Alone
Anthony Cammalleri Week 2
Each season reinvents our personality. Who we are, how we act, our emotions, our tastes- aren't they all determined by what the scent of the air is telling us, and how we choose to respond?
Center Week 4
Yesterday I looked out the window and saw a car which had been completely cut off and stopped by a Pepsi truck spanning across the whole road, so all the car's driver could see was the massive PEPSI logo while it was waiting for the truck to back in.
Way to advertise.
Way to advertise.
Musante Week 4
Conflict between people is needed for them to both push themselves and do their best, but at what point does it become detrimental to all?
Dilara Week 4
Elliot before taking the AP bio test
"I feel like I'm ready, which means I'm horribly unprepared"
"I feel like I'm ready, which means I'm horribly unprepared"
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Arnold Week 3
I find it funny how the people we read about in history had no idea that someone like me would be learning about them.
Monday, September 25, 2017
Dilara Week 3
Sometimes people baffle me. They spend all their time every day messaging people, asking us how it's going, yet they can't just come up and talk in person.
What makes talking over text so easy, when you could have the person themselves right there, facial expressions and all?
What makes talking over text so easy, when you could have the person themselves right there, facial expressions and all?
KOTARY WEEK THREE
So one of my favorite children's movies is the movie Coraline. In the movie, The main character is taken away to a world where everything is better than the real world, and the evil beldam fixes all of her problems, from her parents to her friends, neighbors, and clothing.
It makes me wonder, what would be changed if I was taken away by the Beldam? Which friends would be different? How would my parents act? Would everything go my way, or would I be still dealt bad hands? Would I take the offer at the end, and have buttons sown on my eyes?
It makes me wonder, what would be changed if I was taken away by the Beldam? Which friends would be different? How would my parents act? Would everything go my way, or would I be still dealt bad hands? Would I take the offer at the end, and have buttons sown on my eyes?
McCabe Week 3
The fact that space is always expanding - expanding into nothing - really boggles my mind
Center Week 3
Last night I had a dream about having insomnia.
Needless to say, I woke up very confused.
Needless to say, I woke up very confused.
Musante Week 3
A deadline that doesn’t exist until a quota isn’t met seems so far away because it doesn’t exist. But once the quota isn’t met, the deadline comes into reality as tomorrow, frighteningly close.
Skotz Week 3
Me: When does a sandwich cook?
Joey: Do I even wanna know?
Me: When its bakin' lettuce and tomato!
Joey: I'm disowning you Skotz.
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Thursday, September 21, 2017
KOTARY WEEK TWO
" Gene: That’s a terrible song.
Ms. Merkin: It’s not a song, it’s scales.
Gene: Gross.Ms. Merkin: It’s not gross.
Gene: It’s gross.Ms. Merkin: It’s scales, it can’t be gross.
Gene: It’s gross!Ms. Merkin: It’s not gross, it’s scales!
Ms. Merkin: It’s not a song, it’s scales.
Gene: Gross.Ms. Merkin: It’s not gross.
Gene: It’s gross.Ms. Merkin: It’s scales, it can’t be gross.
Gene: It’s gross!Ms. Merkin: It’s not gross, it’s scales!
[...]
Ms. Merkin: Again.
Gene: What?! We've been at this for hours!
Ms. Merkin: We've been at this for forty five seconds. "
-Bob's Burgers Episode, "Genethoven"
Monday, September 18, 2017
McCabe Week 2
"Oh my god, did I ever tell you the story about my arugula and chicken salad? It was..."
- overheard between a girl and her friend
- overheard between a girl and her friend
Skotz Week 2
I go out just to re-forget
and drown my sorrows in liquor and wine.
I saw my life in a stranger's face
and it was mine.
and drown my sorrows in liquor and wine.
I saw my life in a stranger's face
and it was mine.
Alec Musante Week 2
Sometimes, when you have nothing to say, you furiously think and think and pray for a stray thought to say, just to make sure you contribute.
Or, just write about the fact that you have no ideas.
Or, just write about the fact that you have no ideas.
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Katz week 2
It's interesting that people get to know their dogs so well without them ever saying a word, but those same people feel like the only way to get to know other people is through conversation
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Week #1 - Raj Vekeria
If the future was my friend on facebook, then I would be mutual friends with scary, nervous, excited, and uncertainty.
Arnold Week 1
"People want to explore the world but they don't realize how amazing their backyard is" -Abby Katz 8/31
Monday, September 11, 2017
KOTARY WEEK ONE
Zombie Apocalypse Plan (ASSUMING I AM THE LAST PERSON IN MY FAMILY ALIVE):
I live by the train tracks in Littleton, so I would follow the tracks to a small town. Running to my car, I would first grab a ski pole or a shovel from my garage. I would drive to the road near the station, and walk there through the woods. I would make sure I had blood on my clothes so that I could hide behind the trees until I could get on the tracks. Then I would walk to the small town, maintaining my pace for as long as I could. The goal would be to get there and to either find people, or be able to raid a grocery store. I would bring my cats with me, because they wouldn't deserve to be left behind. I would find and empty house and board up, and learn to heat the house with wood. I would barricade all but one door and keep the other door locked during the day. This would allow me to keep the cats in, the zombies out, and still be able to go out and find food, water, medicine, weapons, and any other necessities. I'd stay like that as long as I possibly could...
But let's be real: I'd die in the first five minutes.
I live by the train tracks in Littleton, so I would follow the tracks to a small town. Running to my car, I would first grab a ski pole or a shovel from my garage. I would drive to the road near the station, and walk there through the woods. I would make sure I had blood on my clothes so that I could hide behind the trees until I could get on the tracks. Then I would walk to the small town, maintaining my pace for as long as I could. The goal would be to get there and to either find people, or be able to raid a grocery store. I would bring my cats with me, because they wouldn't deserve to be left behind. I would find and empty house and board up, and learn to heat the house with wood. I would barricade all but one door and keep the other door locked during the day. This would allow me to keep the cats in, the zombies out, and still be able to go out and find food, water, medicine, weapons, and any other necessities. I'd stay like that as long as I possibly could...
But let's be real: I'd die in the first five minutes.
Doolin Week 1
I got cream cheese on my face the other day. I felt like I had a huge blob of cream cheese on my cheek, when in reality there was hardly anything there. Reminds me a lot of my life.
Dilara Week 1
Found a quote that inspired me:
"don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it" -Anonymous
Me when making decisions
"don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it" -Anonymous
Me when making decisions
Cammalleri
I wonder how much of life revolves around the pursuit of poison. Happiness is not a lifestyle, but a momentary high. One which, like any other high, will precede an inevitable crash.
With all pleasure, there is eventual pain, and through all agony, an eventual relief. We pursue pleasure, knowing in the back of our minds that it is a fleeting phantom. Despite the predicted fall, we still reach, jump, and break our backs for beautiful, intoxifying poison. It gives us something for which to aim. With it, we are sick, yet confident- without it, life is dull; directionless; meaningless.
Bring forth the poison
Let me indulge in my own insanity
Rather than waste away,
Leaving behind no chaos
With all pleasure, there is eventual pain, and through all agony, an eventual relief. We pursue pleasure, knowing in the back of our minds that it is a fleeting phantom. Despite the predicted fall, we still reach, jump, and break our backs for beautiful, intoxifying poison. It gives us something for which to aim. With it, we are sick, yet confident- without it, life is dull; directionless; meaningless.
Bring forth the poison
Let me indulge in my own insanity
Rather than waste away,
Leaving behind no chaos
Michael Tricca Week I
It had me wondering recently; just how many times have I survived the day simply because an angry driver consciously determined they wouldn't run me over, or Alan the Axe-Murderer decided, "Meh, I'm just not feelin' it today..."?
Alec Musante, Week 1 Posting
A spark, properly managed, is the only thing a fire needs to start. Each observation of the world is a spark, but only a few will bloom into the fire of an idea realized.
Hopefully, you will light your spark for an idea.
Hopefully, you will light your spark for an idea.
McCabe Week 1
It's a funny thing, to look out at the world from above. When you see land stretching out from where you are, seemingly infinitely, you realize just how small we are in the world.
Wiser Week One
"In the inky blue night, the lemons hang like exploded yellow shards of an exploded star. Ribbons of their bright, citrusy scent waver in the air, making her nose dance. Warm earth slides between her toes as she creeps toward the trees."
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Katz week 1
There are millions of books in the world, including thousands that are good, and a small handful with the potential of changing your life. However, you will never be able to read every book or find every book in that small handful, meaning that there are changes to your life that simply never happened that could have.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Skotz Week 1
News Reporter: On Sunday the man was arrested under chargers of theft and insomnia...excuse me, theft and resisting arrest.
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Madison Week 12
Not once in my 6 years and ~ 14 Shows I have been a part of has my friend come to see...It is just an observation.
Monday, June 5, 2017
Riordan Week 12
“I got my son Carl these fake curly mustaches for Christmas and put it in his stocking—I mean, Santa put it in his stocking, right? Anyway, later that day, he walked into my room wearing nothing but bright neon orange boxers and one of those mustaches, and he posed, twirled one end of it and said, ‘It is I, Business Carl.’ Then he just left!” - one of the CCYW craft session leaders
Surampudi Week 12
my brother upon hearing that we're getting a new refrigerator: "Wait, is it gonna be one of those cool Samsung fridges?!"
my dad: "All fridges are cool."
my dad: "All fridges are cool."
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Ciara Barstow Week 11
"I am woefully out of shape!"
-Evan Fridrich, upon bursting into the classroom to get Mr. Humphrey's signature on his yearbook (breathing like a winded rhinoceros)
-Evan Fridrich, upon bursting into the classroom to get Mr. Humphrey's signature on his yearbook (breathing like a winded rhinoceros)
Skotz Week 11
A frog at the bottom of a well does not yearn to swim in the ocean amongst the fish, but to fly with the birds – because ever since it was born it only had one thing to look at, the Sky.
Ciara Barstow Week 10
If you like a flower, you pick it. But once you pluck it, the flower ceases to live – it ceases to be what you like. If you love something, you let it be. Like is attraction; love is appreciation.
Riordan Week 10
He picked up a handful of the sands of eternity and let the world slip through his fingers.
Friday, May 26, 2017
Skotz Week 10
Humans are regarded with such intellect and strength but they are mindlessly ruled by numbers; grades, GPA, money, age, weight, height, hours worked, credit score, etc. We are nothing more than the embodiment of these numbers – a walking mean.
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Madison Week 10
Stop playing the victim. Nobody wants to hear the same sad song over and over again. People become numb and used to your excuses after you say it too much. Stop making excuses for your complete and utter disregard for the people around you, and the people who try to care for you. All your doing is pushing them away because you don't take responsibility for your actions. I hope you're happy.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Friday, May 12, 2017
Riordan Week 9
Stupidity is one of our most precious human traits, for our best emotions are locked inside of it.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Riordan Week 8
Story idea: In a polytheistic fantasy world, a hero is chosen by the gods to liberate the world from the powers of darkness. That hero turns out to be a 100-year-old village elder.
Riordan Week 7
The silence was like the vacuum of space; his insides felt as though they were sucked out and spilling into the open.
Riordan Week 6
Story idea: society has been able to track people's past lives based on certain aspects (who knows lmao). The story focuses on a normal, relatively upstanding citizen who was suddenly found to have a past life as an infamous serial killer and imprisoned for life.
Riordan Week 5
They call it red delicious
But this delicious is fictitious
These apples are suspicious
For their taste is just malicious
But this delicious is fictitious
These apples are suspicious
For their taste is just malicious
Riordan Week 4
He smiled briefly, subconsciously believing himself privy to the secret methods of his mind by the ancestral pool they mutually indulged in.
Riordan Week 3
Finally, as he looked around him and saw everything he ever wanted, he realized the hidden truth carved into the hearts of all men, and he cried from his deepest abyss, facing true sorrow for the first time.
Riordan Week 1
"A pitfall's face is just a bunch of teeth! It's eyes are just shoved in the back like an afterthought!"
Surampudi Week 9
maybe all the socks that disappear in the laundry get stolen by the Devil for his sock collection
Surampudi Week 8
what if some people are always cold because they're always giving warmth out to others
Monday, May 8, 2017
Skotz Week 9
The cold night sand under my feet sent a refreshing wave of shivers that commuted through the terminals of my body taking my volleyball focused mind for a sensual revolution.
Madison Week 9
Sometimes things happen that you never in a million years thought would. That doesn't mean it's bad or wrong, just...surprising.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Surampudi Week 6
imagine if you could freeze time— so whenever you want to get out of a conversation you can just freeze time and think about what you want to say
Monday, April 24, 2017
Skotz Week 8
Saturday I went to Buffalo Wild Wings with three friends and we got the chance to try their new to be released sauce - the Scorpion Reaper. We all made it through thanks to multiple bottles of milk amidst the pain, agony, and burning. However, the scorpion's venom wasn't finished and to this day we are still suffering. Please pray for us.
Barstow Week 8
They say scars "heal", but the whole point of a scar is that it never heals. It leaves a permanent tattoo. The thing is, unless our sleeves are striped with the manifestation of real scars, they go unnoticed, virtually invisible. The sticks and stones can break our bones, but scars can fade: when words are burned into our brains, those will be on our minds forever. In damage, physical and emotional abuse are equal.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Skotz Week 7
Schroeder Week 7
Seeing the world from the top of a skyscraper changes your point of view not just momentarily, but for the rest of your life; since you just realized how tiny you are in the vastness of reality.
Friday, March 31, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Wright Week 7
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you make them feel." -Maya Angelou
Ciara Work 7
I don’t pretend to be the Lorax, but while he has the orange part down, Donald Trump should NOT hold the seat to speak for the trees.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Teddy Week 7
"two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl..."
-Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
Think about it: We look at fish in a bowl and think how simple a life they have. We laugh because they think their reflection is another fish. What would it be like to live not knowing so much? But then again... don't we?
(Yikes.)
-Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
Think about it: We look at fish in a bowl and think how simple a life they have. We laugh because they think their reflection is another fish. What would it be like to live not knowing so much? But then again... don't we?
(Yikes.)
Monday, March 20, 2017
Skotz Week 2
Yesterday my mom called my room a frat house. Im not sure if i should be proud of myself or be reconsidering my life choices
Skotz Week 3
#30 minutes in to playing at Teamworks my friend got my soccer ball stuck in the roof. I gave him a death look to which he responded with "Cash me ousside den!" and ran away.
The ball is rumored to still be there to this day.
The ball is rumored to still be there to this day.
Li Week 6
Sometimes when I really think about a word, it starts to sound really foreign to me, like it doesn't even belong in the English language.
Skotz Week 4
I just typed in "Skotz" to title his draft and it corrected it to "Scotts". Apparently my last name comes secondary to a garden fertilizer brand. #seemslegit
Skotz Week 5
Last week I got nutmegged by an 8 year old. Also last week, I finally came to understand why people quit the things they love.
Skotz Week 6
While three of my friends and I were driving to Teamworks on Friday I quoted Skrillex and screamed "OH MY GOD! CALL 911 NOW!" making my friend Jake, who was driving, to accelerate ten mph in less than a second. Thank god no one was in front of us.
Ciara Week 6
Photography, as life, is the interplay of light and dark; when overexposed, you can't see what's truly dark, and inversely, you must have shadows to get a picture. It's all about finding the balance to take your best shot.
Madison Week 6
"It's a wormmmmmmm." - Lauren mackenzie looking at a stray pencil mark coming out of the apple on my computer
Wright Week 6
"If you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen." -Emma Watson
Vuilleumier Week 6
Its like patching up a sinking ship with bandages, plugging holes with cotton balls. Only temporary, never totally fixed, and never to the same extent it used to be. Struggling to stay afloat to remain sane- if you can call it that.
Ross Week 5
We are all trying so hard to be rebellious and unique to the point where it is now rebellious and unique to simply follow the rules.
Teddy Week 6
I ran into my best friends arms without a word and all he said to me was, "I've got you."
Morton 6
Ali's car breaking down was either a sign that we shouldn't have participated in Senior Skip Day, or a an attempt by fate to save us from seeing Beauty and the Beast.
Morton Week 5
Watching the Dancing in the Dark video and wishing I were Courtney Cox. This is an event that happens often.
Friday, March 17, 2017
Wright Week 5
"I'll never understand how time can make a moment feel as close as yesterday and as far as years." -History Is All You Left Me, Adam Silvera
Surampudi Week 5
I once had a dream about swimming inside a volcano. I'd say it was cool, but it really wasn't.
Rottger Week 5
My dad has been bringing home movies he watched when he was younger, and we've been watching them during dinner. Normally I'm not a proponent of eating in front of the TV, but it's become a really special time. It's really sweet to see him get excited when we really like a movie. We started with My Cousin Vinnie and Jordan and I were laughing so hard.
Dad was sitting on the other side of the couch smiling the whole time.
Dad was sitting on the other side of the couch smiling the whole time.
Surampudi Week 4
Sometimes when I'm on YouTube, I'll come across a sad song. While I'm listening to it, I scroll through the comments and I'm surprised to see how many people relate to it. I want to be able to relate to it, too, to see how it feels, but at the same time, I don't.
Li Week 5
My friend takes ceramics and brought some of her pieces home. Her dad took a look and said, "What is that called...art?" It's unclear whether he was being sarcastic or whether he just didn't know the word for "ceramics".
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Madison Week 5
But through all of that, even when the Morningstar comes, you refuse to let go. It may be cracked, but it is not broken. Not yet. Not today. Not ever.
MacKenzie Week 5
Our love is like a chessboard. I move forward, you move backwards. And then suddenly I'm your queen and you're my knight, constantly trying to hunt me down because "you made a wrong move". But you aren't the king I wanted, this is a game I'd rather lose.
Madison Week 4
Watching people do what they love is amazing. Truly, completely, undoubtedly amazing. Especially when it is something that doesn't happen for everyone. You can see it in their face, their body movements, their eyes. It is so painfully obvious when someone is doing something they truly love. It's rewarding. For them and for you. It's nice to know things can work out.
Monday, March 13, 2017
Week 5 Overington
"Why would you call it wood if it wouldn't?
Why would you call it a can if it can't?
Why would you name your son Will if he won’t?"
Kay 5
There's this horse at my barn who is a legit a-hole and everybody hates him because he hates everything and bites everybody and sucks but for some unknown reason I have this deep love for him? Like I care so deeply about this horse even though he bites me on the daily idk
Li Week 4
Heard at Chinese school:
*Teacher complains that kids aren't speaking Chinese in class
Kid: It's weird when you go shopping and your mom talks to you in Chinese. If you talk to her in English, people will think you're cool and American.
Teacher: I don't think you're cool.
*Teacher complains that kids aren't speaking Chinese in class
Kid: It's weird when you go shopping and your mom talks to you in Chinese. If you talk to her in English, people will think you're cool and American.
Teacher: I don't think you're cool.
Evan Week 4
I like to say that my skin condition looks like dragon scales because it makes me feel better when it starts showing up again.
Friday, March 10, 2017
Rottger Week 4
Yesterday, as we were getting ready for school, Jordan called me Emmeline Harris.
Obviously I took offense, so I called her Emmeline Harris' grandmother.
This devolved into us yelling Anne of Green Gables insults at each other.
J: MORGAN HARRIS
C: PAUL IRVING
J: USELESS MR LYNDE
C: REVEREND ALLEN WITH THE SIDEBURNS
J (running into the kitchen): MOODY SPURGEON
Dad (sitting in the kitchen, talking to Mom): I can't hear anything because someone just yelled moody spurgeon in my ear
Obviously I took offense, so I called her Emmeline Harris' grandmother.
This devolved into us yelling Anne of Green Gables insults at each other.
J: MORGAN HARRIS
C: PAUL IRVING
J: USELESS MR LYNDE
C: REVEREND ALLEN WITH THE SIDEBURNS
J (running into the kitchen): MOODY SPURGEON
Dad (sitting in the kitchen, talking to Mom): I can't hear anything because someone just yelled moody spurgeon in my ear
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Kay 4
My sister has this solar powered wooden toy that she built and it's basically a wheel that slowly brings a marble up to the top, and when it reaches the top it rolls out and down a spiral and back to the bottom. She put it on our dinner table in the sun room, and so every once in awhile, right when I forget that it's there, it clicks forward and I hear the marble roll out. It's startling but makes me weirdly really happy every time.
EDIT RIGHT WHEN I FINISHED WRITING THIS IN MY JOURNAL THE MARBLE FELL AGAIN
EDIT RIGHT WHEN I FINISHED WRITING THIS IN MY JOURNAL THE MARBLE FELL AGAIN
Wright Week 4
The one thing I hate the most about going to the Burlington mall is that the salespeople always calls my mom and I sisters. I personally think we look nothing alike, and it annoys me because every time it happens my mom feels like everyone needs to now and she starts dancing.
Morton Week 3
Is it a normal thing for (roughly) six year old boys to develop a fascination with the Titanic and her sister ships?
Monday, March 6, 2017
Vuilleumier Week 4
What makes something socially unacceptable? There are some things considered too rude and offensive to talk about among a sophisticated crowd while others are perfectly acceptable, why is that? Is the emphasis, the thing that makes them wrong or right, behind the thing itself or the implied meaning, or both? What gives them their meaning? And if somethings are considered unacceptable, then why is it that some people may not find them offensive while others do? What would happen if nothing was considered unacceptable or too offensive? What would happen then?
Teddy Week 4
Driving to school, I saw two girls standing on opposite sides of the road, standing toward one another. They were waiting for the bus to come. I thought they may have been talking to each other. And I thought: what a funny way to have a conversation! From across the street.
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Emma Week 3
Some stranger that you pass on the street may be having the absolute best day they can ever remember having, the absolute worst day they can ever remember having, or the most average day they can ever remember having. Assume they're having the worst day they can ever remember having and try to make it better.
Wright Week 3
"The truth is what I make it. I could set the world on fire and call it rain." -Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen
Friday, March 3, 2017
Surampudi Week 3
reverse dementors: instead of sucking out people's souls, they could rejuvenate dying souls
Surampudi Week 2
imagine if there was another universe inhabited solely by characters from films and novels, and they watched movies and read books about us.
MacKenzie Week 3
Dawn and dusk are the very best times of the day. They come right before and after the shadows come out to play, dancing like little puppets strung up by the sun. Yes, they're the best times of day to be awake and alive because you can just exist in solitude while the rest of the world sleeps--alone but not lonely.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Vuilleumier Week 3
I have a grocery bag of soda cans next to my desk that I'm too lazy to bring downstairs. It's over flowing and has been sitting there for weeks. Yet I've gone back and fourth between the kitchen and my room 2 times in the past hour for snacks... the bag is still sitting there
Kay Week 3
i was driving on the highway the other night and when i looked back in my rearview, it was pitch black. nothing behind me, no light no cars no nothing it was weird
Kay Week 2
isn't it weird how like everybody likes different kinds of pens but you dont see people hating on you for using ballpoint over gel
Olivia Week 3
An oil spill across my shoulder blades
My stomach is a noose
I'm trying to climb
The rope
Olivia Week 2
You are in my butter crossant
From Starbucks
On a Sunday
At 9am
On the wooden bench
In the park
With the painted piano
In an unfamiliar city
With no destination
But my mouth
Teddy Week 3
In New York I had to keep reminding myself to look up. Not directly up above my head, but UP and OUT.
And for some reason I was vaguely disgusted by the sight of people taking pictures. I do it all the time, but I kept asking why they couldn't just be there.
And for some reason I was vaguely disgusted by the sight of people taking pictures. I do it all the time, but I kept asking why they couldn't just be there.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Wright Week 2
"You could rattle the stars," she whispered. "You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That's what scares you most." - Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
"Libraries were full of ideas-perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons." - Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
"Libraries were full of ideas-perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons." - Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Vuilleumier Week 2
"Each day means a new 24 hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time [...] You try to walk in the light"
-Day, from Legend by Marie Lu
-Day, from Legend by Marie Lu
MacKenzie Week 2
We have faith that the ones we've lost will get into Heaven, praying that their souls meet our Maker and not our destroyer. We hope that they have safe travels from one life to the next, putting more stock into where they will end up than what they've left behind. But then we shove them into a box, sealing them off from the world and burying them in the ground, so far away from the sky we want them to reach.
Teddy Week 2
I was so mesmerized by the moon this week. The way it glowed, and how dark clouds passed in front of it in patchy waves. I looked up at it through the window and forgot where I was. I could have sat there on the kitchen floor staring at it for hours.
Fridrich Week 2
Aunt Kelly’s Homemade Root Beer(™) tastes like yeast and poor decisions. Mostly yeast.
Monday, February 13, 2017
Emma Paulauskas Week 2
I think about this way too often and it's really annoying to think about and really hard to explain.... What if we both called a certain color red but your "red" was my blue and my red was your purple and we just never knew. All of us could be seeing the world in totally different colors but we all have a common name for the different colors. Also I saw something on twitter the other day that said that you can't imagine a new color.
Friday, February 10, 2017
Emma Paulauskas Week 1
The past few weeks I have been looking through my dad's old pictures and belongings from his childhood home. I saw how happy it made him to see all of these pictures and memories after not seeing them for literal decades. This made me want to take as many pictures and make as many memories as I possibly could to look back on later in life.
Golash_Week One
"In your most nightmarish fever dreams"
I came up with this line while lying in my bed, sick. I had just woken up and I was trying to remember the dream I just had when this line popped into my head.
Teddy Week 1
I saw my friend who never shows emotion cry multiple times in one night... from happiness. He hugged me twice, which is two more times than he has ever hugged me. It was weird. For the first time in all the 6 years I've known him, I didn't feel intimidated by him.
Kay Week 1
we were watching a video in public speaking and the guy said "experience is what you get when you dont get what you wanted" and i can really relate bc ive failed a lot and gotten mad but i was getting experience and im starting to realize that now
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Ciara Week One
The idea occurred to me at 8:57 a.m. on January 30th while I let my mind wander (in other words, run 30 km/s). A vague concept I had considered in the first week of freshman year upon being reminded that vikings actually discovered America, and centuries before Columbus was even born, resurfaced from the recess of my conscious. The traces of indications that Slavic languages had influence on those of Native Americans' came to mind, and the idea that logically speaking offspring of vikings and natives would be born occurred as well. Instantly, the Ahayuta (twin warrior gods of Zuni mythology) popped up, though it occurred to me that the Zuni occupied a region in New Mexico, and would not be at all logically proximal to the locations (namely, New England and Canadian coasts) that vikings explored primarily. Achiyalabopa (another Native American deity; somewhat an equivalent to the Japanese Karasu no Tengu) seemed more fitting to the images that came to mind of a protagonist. I happened to see the word halberd in whatever I was reading, and I automatically adopted that as the protagonist's weapon of choice, per se; (you can't write a story about vikings and/or Native Americans and not have awesome weaponry). The Nordic 'Niidhog' (a legendary black dragon) additionally came to mind. Somehow I'd like to work this together to create a story!
Week 1
Story telling can be done in a song, writing, movies, tv, or a small group of friends at a campfire or sleepover. I love to tell and hear stories and the passion and laughter, and the emotions that come with it.
MacKenzie Week 1
We as humans are poignantly aware of the state of the human condition and yet it continues to grow darker and we do nothing to stop it.
Clay Week 1
I was driving home on the highway at night and the light from my headlights illuminated a pole on the side of the road oddly. It looked like the pole bent and warped for a second or two, then returned to its normal state. Light can really manipulate the way we see things. Light is the only way we see things.
Week 1
In my head was an amorphous gale of things to say, but after the storm had run its course only teardrops filled the page.
Madison Week 1
"Hey do you have a pencil?" "No, but you know what I do have?" "What?" "Spunk." "I hate you."
Monday, February 6, 2017
Vuilleumier Week 1
We make our own stars in the light of the bridges and buildings set against a pure black sky. Clouds, man-made or natural, block real stars from shining through.
Morton Week 1
The idea of the angels smiting unspecified political figures brings me cathartic pleasure.
Fridrich Week 1
Ever since my life changed, a single quote has been floating around in my head.
“There’s a strange ingenuity gained from the world blowing up in your face.”
Ross Week 1
"I know it is against your morals to do anything helpful, but could you please help me right now"
- My mom
- My mom
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Pickersgill week 15
Earworm is such a weird word but i’ve found it surprisingly accurate.
Metaphorically, i mean. Not as in a literal worm. That would be real weird.
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Friday, January 13, 2017
Week 14 Mathew
If the Obamas are chocolate ice cream, then Trump is like crap on a pinecone"
-Some kid I babysit
-Some kid I babysit
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Craig 15
I often wonder how it must feel to be like the grass and the stones, to be gently covered in pearls of white, to be lulled to sleep for the season by the hypnotic falling of snow.
Craig 14
There's something about a neon landscape that makes you feel like you're experiencing the whole world.
Monday, January 9, 2017
Week 14 or 15 or whatever E Killian
Me in trig: I am having trouble BEARING this COURSE.
The joke is that I hate trig
The joke is that I hate trig
Friday, January 6, 2017
Caplan - Week 15
14 entries have been made.
14 have been posted. (I think)
Not one on the right week.
But it was done.
I REALLY REALLY don't want to go to gym class.
14 have been posted. (I think)
Not one on the right week.
But it was done.
I REALLY REALLY don't want to go to gym class.
Thursday, January 5, 2017
O'Connor Week 15
It's crazy how some people can look at a piece of art and only see the vulgarity. Some people are just so close minded that they fail to look at the message that is staring them right in the face.
Caplan - Week 14
Looking back on entries 1-3, I can really see how much easier it is to write about negativity.
It sounds really whiny.
So next week I'm going to try really hard to write about nice things.
Baby steps.
I like the way Trig Class ends...
It sounds really whiny.
So next week I'm going to try really hard to write about nice things.
Baby steps.
I like the way Trig Class ends...
Cajolet - Week 14
The TV show Shadowhunters is returning for a season two soon and I feel very conflicted about it. On one hand, the actors are terrible and it's horrifyingly cringe worthy. But on the other hand I feel a fierce sense of loyalty to the books which makes me want to watch it. A first world problem for sure.
Thea 15
"But rap isn't music."
"Fine. You know what?" She says, turning to him. "I hate classical music. Its boring and it makes me tired. And you," She says pointing at him accusingly. "Jazz is ok except for the fact that it all sounds the same! And you. You say rap is a waste of a nice voice? Well, I could say the same about your precious metal singers SCREAMING INTO A MICROPHONE OVER A TRACK OF A GUITAR BEING SMASHED INTO A ROCK!"
"Fine. You know what?" She says, turning to him. "I hate classical music. Its boring and it makes me tired. And you," She says pointing at him accusingly. "Jazz is ok except for the fact that it all sounds the same! And you. You say rap is a waste of a nice voice? Well, I could say the same about your precious metal singers SCREAMING INTO A MICROPHONE OVER A TRACK OF A GUITAR BEING SMASHED INTO A ROCK!"
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Kotary Week Fourteen
"Somebody, love me!!"
*power shuts off*
-Mr. Fuhr's E block CP Algebra II class
*power shuts off*
-Mr. Fuhr's E block CP Algebra II class
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